"Hachiroku ...
In the Autoweek I just received today in the mail it discussed the 2008 Highlander Hybrid will get this.
From Autoweek July 9, 2007: The Highlander Hybrid is back too, also with
270 total hp. Last year's model accounted for almost half of Toyota's hybrid sales. For 2008, the Hybrid Synergy Drive gets an EV mode allowing it to run on electricity alone, for sneaking back into the garage late at night. It'll run on battery power for up to three miles at 25 MPH. There's also an ECON button to get better mileage in gasoline-and-battery driving."From this it is not crystal clear if this only applies to the Highlander or to all the cars that get the Hybrid Synergy Drive, Prius included. Could be all of them. Looks like they monitor this NG and listened to me . Tomes